Asked whether Trump will pose a threat, Blankfein responded “I don’t think so,” and called him a “smart guy.” [..] “Mr. Trump may turn out to be a much better president than anyone else might have been in that place,’’ said Blankfein, 62, chairman and chief executive officer of the New York-based investment bank. “He’s just less of a known quantity as a politician.”

Oh, and all those things about Wall Street getting “away with murder” and that campaign video that flashed Blankfein’s face while warning of ”a global power structure that is responsible for the economic decisions that have robbed our working class”? Water off a duck’s back.

“That was the rhetoric in the heat of the political battle,” Blankfein said. “I didn’t take this personally.”